Master's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions, by sex, race/ethnicity, and major field of study: 2005-06

Major field of study

Total

Males

Females

Total

White

Black

Hispanic

Asian/ Pacific Islander

American Indian/ Alaska Native

Non- resident alien

Total

White

Black

Hispanic

Asian/ Pacific Islander

American Indian/ Alaska Native

Non- resident alien

Total

White

Black

Hispanic

Asian/ Pacific Islander

American Indian/ Alaska Native

Non- resident alien

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

All fields, total

594,065

393,357

58,976

32,438

34,029

3,504

71,761

237,896

150,954

16,959

11,637

15,803

1,244

41,299

356,169

242,403

42,017

20,801

18,226

2,260

30,462

Agriculture and natural resources

4,640

3,480

128

153

97

42

740

2,280

1,694

51

63

38

21

413

2,360

1,786

77

90

59

21

327

Architecture and related services

5,743

3,791

237

315

372

36

992

3,165

2,179

122

169

150

24

521

2,578

1,612

115

146

222

12

471

Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies

2,080

1,223

184

204

159

35

275

771

491

56

66

48

10

100

1,309

732

128

138

111

25

175

Biological and biomedical sciences

8,681

5,602

468

344

920

49

1,298

3,654

2,433

147

162

389

18

505

5,027

3,169

321

182

531

31

793

Business

146,406

86,404

17,933

7,191

11,923

731

22,224

83,550

52,133

6,578

3,920

6,872

360

13,687

62,856

34,271

11,355

3,271

5,051

371

8,537

Communications, journalism, and related programs

7,244

4,730

702

381

380

25

1,026

2,282

1,546

158

117

103

8

350

4,962

3,184

544

264

277

17

676

Communications technologies

501

227

62

22

47

1

142

329

165

43

13

28

1

79

172

62

19

9

19

0

63

Computer and information sciences

17,055

6,680

996

494

2,168

68

6,649

12,470

5,261

584

360

1,423

49

4,793

4,585

1,419

412

134

745

19

1,856

Construction trades

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Education

174,620

134,221

18,237

11,233

4,446

1,144

5,339

40,700

31,556

3,852

2,578

962

303

1,449

133,920

102,665

14,385

8,655

3,484

841

3,890

Engineering

30,989

12,570

880

980

3,340

89

13,130

23,855

10,048

615

747

2,344

67

10,034

7,134

2,522

265

233

996

22

3,096

Engineering technologies1

2,541

1,363

235

106

249

15

573

1,811

989

132

72

179

11

428

730

374

103

34

70

4

145

English language and literature/letters

8,845

7,247

465

377

293

61

402

2,860

2,416

126

114

79

23

102

5,985

4,831

339

263

214

38

300

Family and consumer sciences

1,983

1,417

225

97

62

17

165

259

191

26

9

5

3

25

1,724

1,226

199

88

57

14

140

Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics

3,539

2,076

77

489

160

10

727

1,049

649

19

111

56

2

212

2,490

1,427

58

378

104

8

515

Health professions and related clinical sciences

51,380

36,452

5,054

2,780

3,717

349

3,028

10,630

6,963

820

642

1,048

81

1,076

40,750

29,489

4,234

2,138

2,669

268

1,952

Legal professions and studies

4,453

1,549

259

171

223

17

2,234

2,374

844

110

83

111

7

1,219

2,079

705

149

88

112

10

1,015

Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities

3,702

2,946

298

178

114

20

146

1,403

1,100

112

58

52

9

72

2,299

1,846

186

120

62

11

74

Library science

6,448

5,485

306

240

226

42

149

1,211

1,034

42

51

44

6

34

5,237

4,451

264

189

182

36

115

Mathematics and statistics

4,730

2,268

163

146

412

12

1,729

2,712

1,289

80

93

220

8

1,022

2,018

979

83

53

192

4

707

Mechanics and repair technologies

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Military technologies

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Multi/interdisciplinary studies

4,491

3,134

325

275

209

37

511

1,560

1,045

91

89

69

10

256

2,931

2,089

234

186

140

27

255

Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies

3,992

3,197

327

140

108

9

211

2,069

1,655

164

70

58

4

118

1,923

1,542

163

70

50

5

93

Philosophy and religious studies

1,739

1,358

89

68

64

11

149

1,046

804

47

43

44

10

98

693

554

42

25

20

1

51

Physical sciences and science technologies

5,922

3,583

195

193

266

19

1,666

3,568

2,174

98

113

139

12

1,032

2,354

1,409

97

80

127

7

634

Precision production

9

6

0

0

1

0

2

6

5

0

0

0

0

1

3

1

0

0

1

0

1

Psychology

19,770

14,340

2,403

1,354

803

141

729

4,079

3,065

397

278

160

19

160

15,691

11,275

2,006

1,076

643

122

569

Public administration and social service professions

30,510

19,529

5,474

2,425

1,222

279

1,581

7,572

4,703

1,169

555

338

65

742

22,938

14,826

4,305

1,870

884

214

839

Security and protective services

4,277

2,965

754

288

126

22

122

2,096

1,528

272

147

68

9

72

2,181

1,437

482

141

58

13

50

Social sciences and history

17,369

10,932

1,333

945

883

110

3,166

8,415

5,470

497

437

371

44

1,596

8,954

5,462

836

508

512

66

1,570

Social sciences

14,377

8,439

1,198

806

820

83

3,031

6,792

4,094

433

357

340

31

1,537

7,585

4,345

765

449

480

52

1,494

History

2,992

2,493

135

139

63

27

135

1,623

1,376

64

80

31

13

59

1,369

1,117

71

59

32

14

76

Theology and religious vocations

6,092

4,490

501

194

305

25

577

3,658

2,724

225

127

158

16

408

2,434

1,766

276

67

147

9

169

Transportation and materials moving

784

601

68

46

27

13

29

661

511

58

37

26

9

20

123

90

10

9

1

4

9

Visual and performing arts

13,530

9,491

598

609

707

75

2,050

5,801

4,289

268

313

221

35

675

7,729

5,202

330

296

486

40

1,375

1 Excludes "Construction trades" and "Mechanics and repair technologies," which are listed separately.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of degree, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the IPEDS Fall survey: "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences and Natural resources and conservation; and "Business" includes Business management, marketing, and related sup­port services and Personal and culinary services.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2006. (This table was prepared June 2007.)